A press release following the conversation had created confusion as Indian foreign secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra had asserted that both leaders exchanged "courtesies" during their Bali meeting. Kwatra had not mentioned that both leaders discussed any bilateral issues.
According to the report, the major development came after China's top legislature convened a session on Tuesday to review a draft criminal law amendment and a decision on official appointment and removal.
When a reporter asked a Chinese spokesperson about his whereabouts during a regular press breifing, he, at first, intended to skip the question, but later, he said that the diplomat was not well.
China, where the temperature rose to the 50-degree mark witnessed a dramatic change as Mohe, a city in northeastern Heilongjiang province, plunged to minus 53C in January.
As the crisis gets worse, the flood warning for Chongqing has been raised to level three from level four. According to images posted on the government website, workers were removing landslide-blocked roads and escorting villagers to safety in inflatable boats.
Although there was no official confirmation about the fatalities, media reports cited emergency services and asserted many people were feared dead in the tragic incident.
It is worth mentioning Russia witnessed a series of dramatic events on Saturday after Prigozhin called for mutiny-- in the latest event that demonstrated a feud between the country's official and private armies publically.
Although it was earlier expected that the meeting would not yield any breakthrough in cooling tensions between the world's two largest economies, it wasn't speculated that the Biden administration would take a U-turn over the Taiwan issue.
The two sides both said Qin had accepted an invitation from Blinken to visit Washington but Beijing made clear that “the China-US relationship is at the lowest point since its establishment.”
The crackdown on the US-based technology firm came after a large number of protestors used Apple applications to exchange messages and media files.
Retail spending is recovering more slowly than expected because jittery consumers worry about the economic outlook and possible job losses.
Several videos which were viral on social media platforms, showed protesters throwing water bottles at officers with helmets and shields outside the blue-domed Najiaying Mosque in Yuxi, a city in Yunnan province.
The billionaire was expected to meet the top Chinese officials but it wasn't clear whether he would be meeting President Xi Jinping or Premier Li Qiang.
Surprisingly, debt is consuming an ever-greater amount of the tax revenue needed to keep schools open, provide electricity and pay for food and fuel.
As per the statement, the P8I aircraft carried out multiple and extensive searches despite adverse weather and added it has located multiple objects possibly belonging to the sunken vessel.
Kuleba repeated his government's position that Ukraine wouldn't accept any proposal involving the loss of its territories or the “freezing of the conflict.
It is worth mentioning the $50 billion Pakistan component of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative -- has not progressed well under the Imran Khan government. And, China believes if Imran Khan's government again came into power, it would be tough to negotiate with the cricketer-turned-politician.
"We’ve never been shy of talking, and we hope the Chinese will meet us halfway on this," said a US diplomat.
Unlike earlier, this time, the US official said that the balloon did not go over any sensitive areas and the official asserted it poses no threat to aerial traffic or national security.
It is worth mentioning that Beijing claims the South China Sea virtually in its entirety, putting it on a collision course with other claimants.
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